kernel_optimize_test/include
David Rientjes 45b588d6e5 flex_array: introduce DEFINE_FLEX_ARRAY
FLEX_ARRAY_INIT(element_size, total_nr_elements) cannot determine if
either parameter is valid, so flex arrays which are statically allocated
with this interface can easily become corrupted or reference beyond its
allocated memory.

This removes FLEX_ARRAY_INIT() as a struct flex_array initializer since no
initializer may perform the required checking.  Instead, the array is now
defined with a new interface:

	DEFINE_FLEX_ARRAY(name, element_size, total_nr_elements)

This may be prefixed with `static' for file scope.

This interface includes compile-time checking of the parameters to ensure
they are valid.  Since the validity of both element_size and
total_nr_elements depend on FLEX_ARRAY_BASE_SIZE and FLEX_ARRAY_PART_SIZE,
the kernel build will fail if either of these predefined values changes
such that the array parameters are no longer valid.

Since BUILD_BUG_ON() requires compile time constants, several of the
static inline functions that were once local to lib/flex_array.c had to be
moved to include/linux/flex_array.h.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-22 07:17:47 -07:00
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acpi includecheck fix: include/acpi, acpi_bus.h 2009-09-20 16:02:39 +05:30
asm-generic mm: add MAP_HUGETLB for mmaping pseudo-anonymous huge page regions 2009-09-22 07:17:41 -07:00
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2009-09-11 09:38:37 -07:00
drm Merge branch 'drm-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6 2009-09-21 08:10:09 -07:00
keys RxRPC: Use uX/sX rather than uintX_t/intX_t types 2009-09-16 00:01:13 -07:00
linux flex_array: introduce DEFINE_FLEX_ARRAY 2009-09-22 07:17:47 -07:00
math-emu
media V4L/DVB (13019): video: initial support for ADV7180 2009-09-19 00:53:39 -03:00
mtd
net pkt_sched: Fix tx queue selection in tc_modify_qdisc 2009-09-15 02:53:07 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia: Use phys_addr_t for physical addresses 2009-09-15 10:17:15 -07:00
rdma
rxrpc
scsi [SCSI] libiscsi, bnx2i: make bound ep check common 2009-09-12 09:35:33 -05:00
sound Merge branch 'topic/ymfpci' into for-linus 2009-09-10 15:33:09 +02:00
trace tracing, page-allocator: add trace event for page traffic related to the buddy lists 2009-09-22 07:17:34 -07:00
video
xen
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